Freda Rowell, 93, died Sunday in a Lewiston hospital with family members close by.
Doug Harlow
Doug Harlow is a veteran Morning Sentinel reporter now covering Skowhegan municipal government and police, court activity and general news from around Somerset County. In his spare time he raises chickens for eggs, cayenne peppers, fingerling potatoes, garlic and other organic vegetables with his wife, Mary Lou, who also maintains lovely flower gardens. Their little farm also produces maple syrup and heritage apples. Doug and Mary Lou moved to Maine in 1987 Doug, a Stone Soup Society poet and cab driver in Boston in the 1970s, was hired as a contracted correspondent for the Sentinel in January, 1988. His interests include baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox, and feeding the wild birds that visit them in the winter.
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Athens family marks end of a generation with death of Freda Rowell
Earland and Freda Rowell ran Rowell’s General Store with the good of the community they served from the 1950s in mind.
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Nokomis High School district seeks new image for mascot
A contest announced earlier this month will help choose the new ‘visual identity.’
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Maine Grains CEO Amber Lambke, of Skowhegan, to appear on Martha Stewart TV
The episode was taped in September in New York and is to be aired sometime this fall.
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Driver for social service agency veers off road in Fairfield, lands upright in pond
Carol McManus, 75, the volunteer in her own vehicle with a Kennebec Valley Community Action Program decal on the door, reportedly hydroplaned off Middle Road shortly after 9 a.m.
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Skowhegan police: Lock your doors, windows following recent burglaries
Thirteen homes, businesses and vehicles have been broken into since last Friday, prompting the advisory.
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Norridgewock bridge to be named for Cpl. Eugene Cole on Sunday
The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. on the south end of the span on what would have been Cole’s 62nd birthday.
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Somerset County residents want commissioners to oppose CMP power line
In January commissioners supported the $1 billion, 145-mile transmission line to carry hydropower from Canada to Massachusetts.
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Convicted murderer Jay Mercier seeks new DNA analysis in Skowhegan court
Former Industry man was found guilty on the basis of DNA evidence of the murder of Rita St. Peter 32 years after her death.
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Opponents of CMP transmission line to voice concerns to Somerset County Commission
The group hopes to change the minds of the commissioners, who voted 4-0 in January to support the $950 million project to bring hydroelectric power from Quebec to Massachusetts.